its definately to goobermints advantage in the latter to see pump prices rise...
and remember that these are merely 'at the pump' taxes which is beyond all the various taxes/'fees'/regulators crap that is embedded at every level of production before it reaches the pump...
after all this, *then* the companies are taxed on their profits, which of course has been folded into the beginning price of doing business, and the cycle repeats...
i keep thinkin of all those 'gov credit cards' that are used by the millions everyday, and the 'taxes' that the co-signer [ie taxpayer] is recycling for every gallon in the speedtrap cruiser...
Thanks.